Six looked around the predominantly empty room, gaze
shifting quickly. “Took me a bit to add
it all up,” he said, “but I’ve figured it now.
Totally.” Six paused. “We talked before he went, you know,” he
said, smiling momentarily; eyes solemn.

Six hugged his bony frame, pacing. “Subtract us, one from the other – or we’ll
multiply.” Six was getting there by
degrees.